Dr. Aseem Malhotra

And again, most doctors don't know this are reliant on funding from Big Pharma, and often can get millions of dollars for publishing one article on a particular drug. And the way that works is the drug companies will, you know, you know, do a drug trial, publish it in a medical journal,

And again, most doctors don't know this are reliant on funding from Big Pharma, and often can get millions of dollars for publishing one article on a particular drug. And the way that works is the drug companies will, you know, you know, do a drug trial, publish it in a medical journal,

And then it's not just about advertising, they pay the medical journal for reprints of the article that then gets used as marketing material where they can take it to doctors or give it to them at conferences. And one of the most, I think, horrific examples of how this happens or how this works in terms of that whole system was what happened with Vioxx.

And then it's not just about advertising, they pay the medical journal for reprints of the article that then gets used as marketing material where they can take it to doctors or give it to them at conferences. And one of the most, I think, horrific examples of how this happens or how this works in terms of that whole system was what happened with Vioxx.

And then it's not just about advertising, they pay the medical journal for reprints of the article that then gets used as marketing material where they can take it to doctors or give it to them at conferences. And one of the most, I think, horrific examples of how this happens or how this works in terms of that whole system was what happened with Vioxx.

You know, John Abramson talks about this in the film from Harvard. And this was a blockbuster drug in the late 90s that was initially marketed under being better than ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory drug because it gave less stomach side effects. The drug company was Merck. The original trials were published in New England Medicine.

You know, John Abramson talks about this in the film from Harvard. And this was a blockbuster drug in the late 90s that was initially marketed under being better than ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory drug because it gave less stomach side effects. The drug company was Merck. The original trials were published in New England Medicine.

You know, John Abramson talks about this in the film from Harvard. And this was a blockbuster drug in the late 90s that was initially marketed under being better than ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory drug because it gave less stomach side effects. The drug company was Merck. The original trials were published in New England Medicine.

And ultimately, it was found that Merck had withheld data showing, even from the beginning, that it increased the risk of cardiovascular events, heart attack, stroke, death, by at least two to fourfold. and ultimately probably killed at least 60,000 Americans. Merck refined almost a billion dollars in 2011.

And ultimately, it was found that Merck had withheld data showing, even from the beginning, that it increased the risk of cardiovascular events, heart attack, stroke, death, by at least two to fourfold. and ultimately probably killed at least 60,000 Americans. Merck refined almost a billion dollars in 2011.

And ultimately, it was found that Merck had withheld data showing, even from the beginning, that it increased the risk of cardiovascular events, heart attack, stroke, death, by at least two to fourfold. and ultimately probably killed at least 60,000 Americans. Merck refined almost a billion dollars in 2011.

But when John Abramson was involved in the litigation process, what he found was that, you know, not only did Merck obviously know about this through internal emails, their chief scientist basically saying, it's unfortunate that these cardiovascular effects are there, but the drug will do well and we will do well.

But when John Abramson was involved in the litigation process, what he found was that, you know, not only did Merck obviously know about this through internal emails, their chief scientist basically saying, it's unfortunate that these cardiovascular effects are there, but the drug will do well and we will do well.

But when John Abramson was involved in the litigation process, what he found was that, you know, not only did Merck obviously know about this through internal emails, their chief scientist basically saying, it's unfortunate that these cardiovascular effects are there, but the drug will do well and we will do well.

But when the FDA wrote to Merck to say, and they realized there was a problem, these heart attacks, for example, and said, you need to put a black box warning on the packaging of Vioxx. What did Merck do? They doubled down on their marketing. And they gave, you know, they paid the New England Journal of Medicine

But when the FDA wrote to Merck to say, and they realized there was a problem, these heart attacks, for example, and said, you need to put a black box warning on the packaging of Vioxx. What did Merck do? They doubled down on their marketing. And they gave, you know, they paid the New England Journal of Medicine

But when the FDA wrote to Merck to say, and they realized there was a problem, these heart attacks, for example, and said, you need to put a black box warning on the packaging of Vioxx. What did Merck do? They doubled down on their marketing. And they gave, you know, they paid the New England Journal of Medicine

know hundreds of thousands of dollars more to get more of those reprints so they could market it to doctors it's just absolutely shocking now horrifying what's the diagnosis here though you see i'm a root cause analysis person i don't want to say this to be inflammatory megan it's actually accurate you know in the book the corporation and the documentary from well over 20 years ago there's a new one called the new corporation um made by law professor joel buchan

know hundreds of thousands of dollars more to get more of those reprints so they could market it to doctors it's just absolutely shocking now horrifying what's the diagnosis here though you see i'm a root cause analysis person i don't want to say this to be inflammatory megan it's actually accurate you know in the book the corporation and the documentary from well over 20 years ago there's a new one called the new corporation um made by law professor joel buchan

know hundreds of thousands of dollars more to get more of those reprints so they could market it to doctors it's just absolutely shocking now horrifying what's the diagnosis here though you see i'm a root cause analysis person i don't want to say this to be inflammatory megan it's actually accurate you know in the book the corporation and the documentary from well over 20 years ago there's a new one called the new corporation um made by law professor joel buchan